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Epilepsy is a long-term brain condition where a person has repeated seizures. It is thought to affect about 3 in every 100 Australians.

Epilepsy is the most common chronic brain disease and affects people of all ages.

The website explains the following:
The Human Brain; What Causes Epilepsy?; Seizure Triggers; What seizures look like; Seizure Types and Classification; Recognising seizure stages; Photosensitive Epilepsy; Nocturnal Seizures – Seizures during Sleep; Febrile Seizures; Epilepsy Syndromes; Seizure Emergencies

A seizure is a sudden disruption of normal brain activity, which may cause jerking, unusual movements, odd feelings, changed behaviour or impaired consciousness.